E-auction 97-50670 - brm_348654 - HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | 59 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 February 2015 15:43:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 250
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré. Portrait de haut relief. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé d'Hérennius Étruscus César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Quintus Hérennius Étruscus Messius Dèce très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS.
Reverse description : Hérennius Étruscus debout à gauche tenant une baguette de la main droite et une haste transversale de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Au Prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Sur certains exemplaires la haste transversale du revers est remplacée par un sceptre, ce qui n’est pas le cas ici.
Type 3 ribbons. On some examples the transverse spear on the reverse is replaced by a scepter, which is not the case here.
Type 3 ribbons. On some examples the transverse spear on the reverse is replaced by a scepter, which is not the case here.
Historical background
HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
(spring 250-06/251)
Son of Trajan Decius - Caesar
Hérennius receives the title of Caesar in the course of the year 250 and becomes august at the time of his departure from Rome, in April or May 251, to go and fight the Goths with his father. He will find death there.
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